The Great British Pubco Scam. Pubs are closing all over Britain yet pubs are places that most people love and think fondly of as some of the most significant, treasured, iconic parts of our culture, places to be cherished, nurtured and looked after. Yet they're closing everywhere... WHY? It doesn't make sense does it? Read on...
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Saturday, May 03, 2014

JD Wetherspoon's

JDW are unimpeachable compared with most other pubco's. As Ben suggests, they set the benchmarking for good value and no other pubco comes close. Wetherspoon's fill the vacuum between truly independent pubs, the carbon copy 'brand concept' market niche specialists that Mitchells and Butlers so ably exemplify at their anodyne best no matter which niche they're targeting, and the majority of pubs, - supposedly independent but tied to the asset stripping #GreatBritishPubcoScam pubco's like Enterprise Inns and Heineken et al whose prices are over the top because of the sky high rent and beer supply prices their usurious, asset stripping pubco freeholders charge tenants.

Wetherspoon's are a strong market response to a highly dysfunctional British pub sector.

They don't have to be brilliant because the general corporate competition in the pub sector is so utterly banal and bad value.

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J Mark Dodds

I’m one of the Pub Persuaders, one of the Pub Professionals, one of the People who knows what’s going on – in PUBS that is - and this blog is about pubs, why they are so important to people and why they must be preserved, reinvigorated, enhanced and remade fit for purpose for the 21st century and beyond and how they must be made sustainable so that future generations can enjoy and learn from the rich seams of knowledge that can be found on everyone’s doorstep in every humble pub – until it’s closed forever – until it’s too late and people say ‘what happened to our pub? We really NEEDED that pub!’
I’m a publican, parent and photographer with a lot of food and drink experience in some of the busiest restaurants and clubs in Britain. Since long before 2008 (when I co-founded the Fair Pint Campaign) I’ve been a pro pubs, people and places person at the forefront of the national conversation about why pubs are closing… everywhere.
I love good pubs, my kids love good pubs, all my friends love good pubs – everyone loves good pubs and I’m determined to make sure good pubs remain part of everybody’s experience - of growing up in the UK and of visiting this country.